The u p p e r surface of the frond has small white scales scatte
red over it.
Pronds lateral, being articulated ou a rhizoma which is scaly
and creeping.
L en g th of froud from two to three feet; colour pale dull
green.
Sori uniserial.
Received at the Royal Gardens, Kew, from Mr. Henderson,
in the year 1843.
Best known as the Qoniophlehium albo-punctatum.
i I am indebted to Mr. Masters, of the E xotic N u rse ry , Cante
rb u ry , and to Mr. W ra ig h t, of Newlands, for plants of this
species: and to Mr. Henderson, of Wentworth, and Mr. Norman,
of H u ll, for fructified fronds.
I t is in the following N u rserymen’s Catalogues:—Booth, of
Hamburg, and Alasters, of Canterbury.
The illustration is from a plant in my own collection.
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